Venomous Species List

List of animals that are represented in the exhibit with live specimens (L), pictures (P), videos, or mounted specimens (S). Although there are many other animals represented in the exhibit with pictures or mounted specimens, the following have more lengthy text specifically about them. Venom delivery mechanisms indicated in parenthesis.

Arboreal Tarantula Avicularia avicularia L (fangs)
Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates azureus L not venomous
Inland Taipan Oxyuranus microlepidotus P (fangs)
Sea Wasp Jelly Chironex fleckeri P (harpoons)
Sydney funnel-web Spider Atrax robustus P (fangs)
Rhinoceros Viper Bitis nasicornis L (fangs)
Goliath Bird Eater Theraphosa leblondi L (fangs)
South African Fat-tailed Scorpion Parabuthus transvaalensis L (stinger)
Scorpionfish Scorpaena brasiliensis L (spines)
Moon Jelly Aurelia aurita L (harpoons)
Velvet Ant Dasymutilla sp. L (stinger)
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake Crotalus viridus oreganus L (fangs)
Corals Catalaphyllia jardinei and Millepora sp. L (harpoons)
Upside-down Jelly Cassiopea andromeda L (harpoons)
Sea Anemone Heteractis magnifica L (harpoons)
Fire Worm Eurythoe complanata L (spines)
Marbled Cone Snail Conus marmoreus L (harpoon)
Blue-ringed octopus Hapalochlaena lunulata L (bite with beak)
Nudibranch Hermissenda crassicornis L (harpoons)
Dwarf Lionfish Dendrochirus brachypterus L (spines)
Stonefish Synanceia verrucosa L (spines)
Ornamental Tarantula Poecilotheria regalis L (fangs)
Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator L (stinger)
Death Stalker Scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus L (stinger)
Vietnamese Giant Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes L (teeth-like claws)
Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum L (teeth)
Mangrove Snake Boiga dendrophia L (fangs)
Copperhead Snake Agkistrodon contortrix L (fangs)
Asian Spitting Cobra Video (fangs)
African Spitting Cobra Video (fangs)
Coral Snake Micrurus fulvius L (fangs)
Scarlet Kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides L not venomous
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus S (spurs)
Trowbridge Shrew Sorex trowbridgii S (teeth)
Solenodon Solenodon paradoxus S and P (teeth)
Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang P (teeth)
Giant Hairy Scorpion Hadrurus spadix L (stinger)
Black Widow Spider Laterodectus hesperus L (fangs)